“Bet you were a sourpuss on the Pershings too.”
No.
“A missile defense he damn well knows is not capable of defending against a Russian missile attack.”
EXACTLY. So what’s the point? We just give Putin something to rouse the homeboys over, without doing anything significant - at a time when we have our hands full of other problems.
“And the anti-missile defense deployed along our borders would make us angry? Why? There are these little things called “Ohios” that sort of make that a moot point.”
It would make me damn angry. A threat aimed at us, even if not significant, is an insult - which is exactly the way Putin is responding.
So, your argument is that the anti-missile defense has no value other than to piss Putin off.
Ok.